With almost all the aspects of the case taking place in Arkansas, a Michigan state judge dismissed the lawsuit by former Wal-Mart (WMT) marketing executive Julie Roehm. The judge wrote that Arkansas "is the appropriate, convenient forum."
Wal-Mart had filed the motion in June, saying Michigan wasn't the proper venue for the case, which the judge agreed with. It also conforms with Roehm's contract which she agreed to litigate any dispute she had with Wal-Mart in the Arkansas courts. Roehm doesn't look good trying to get out from under something she agreed to.
In the end, I think Roehm should have just let this go from the beginning. Wal-Mart had kept quiet about her dismissal, and she could have went on with her life without all this being aired.
Roehm filed a law suit first, claiming Wal-Mart owed her about $1.5 million in severance pay.
Once she filed her suit, Wal-Mart filed a countersuit, saying she broke company rules by having an affair with her subordinate Seah Womack and also receiving gifts from agencies that were trying to land the Wal-Mart account. She is also accused of seeking a job with that agency while in her position.
Roehm also stupidly claimed Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott had violated ethics policies of the company by accepting discounts and trips from a Wal-Mart customer, Irwin Jacobs. Jacobs has filed his own suit against Roehm for defamation.
B.Andrew Rifkin, Roehm's attorney, said she is deciding whether to appeal the decision or file the suit in Arkansas.
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